Oscar wilde

Biografia Oscar Wilde

  • Born

  • his family moved to Merrion Square

  • Entered the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh (Irlanda).

  • Finished his studies. In October he entered Trinity College Dublin, where he studied the classics.During this stage the death of his sister Isola. This premature death inspired Wilde to writeRequiescat, a delicate poem.

  • he entered Magdalen College, Oxford, where he continued his studies.

  • he entered Magdalen College, Oxford, where he continued his studies.

  • Oscar Wilde college combined with trips (he visited Italy and Greece).

  • His poem Ravenna enabled him win the “Oxford Newdigate Prize” in June. Finally, in November received a Bachelor of Arts,graduating with the highest possible grade.

  • His first book was Poems

  • His first play, Vera or the Nihilists.

  • He settled in London, married a very rich Irish woman, Constance Lloyd, with whom he had two children.

  • Among his early works are two collections of fairy tales written for children, The Happy Prince, and The House of Pomegranates (1892)

  • And a collection of short stories, The Crime of Lord Arthur Saville

  • Its most interesting plays were the four comedies, the range of lady Windermere

  • A Woman of No Importance.

  • An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest.Was accused by the father of Lord Alfred Douglas, the Marquess of Queensberry. He was found guilty at trial in May andsentenced to two years hard labor. In prison he wrote De Profundis.He spent the res

  • He converted to Catholicism on 30 November. Shortly before he died of meningitis. Oscar Wilde died on November 30 in Paris.